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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11353
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14234
13 Actual Demand 11063
14 Aggregate Planning 12002
15 Air Cargo 9914
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6526
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34669
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15243
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19027
20 Assembly Line 21893
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22779
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22854
24 Batch Production 37911
25 Bill Discounting 14298
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10992
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7010
28 Blanket Release 9856
29 Bonded Warehouse 9944
30 Booking Number 13568
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58699
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9407
35 Business Logistics 25333
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12418
37 Capacity Management 39972
38 Capacity Utilization 13905
39 Capital Intensive 8225
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8530
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11962
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9143
45 Co-managed Inventory 12310
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7577
49 Consular Invoice 19505
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11283
56 Control Charts 7843
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15034
59 CPFR 8096
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11638
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43733
62 Date Code 17972
63 Days of Supply 19642
64 Dead on Arrival 9066
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7177
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7974
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10716
70 Dispatching 24041
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34372
73 Distribution Metrics 8901
74 Distribution Planning 24032
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15011
76 Double Marginalization 52397
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20431
80 Echelon Inventory 25976
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49237
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25204
85 Engineer-to-Order 31482
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16162
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8195
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13295
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9304
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9798
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8588
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26754
99 Flow Through Distribution 12160
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29871
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7417
105 Gantt Chart 8193
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29354
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23213
110 Idle Time 7953
 
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